Proposed magnetoelectrostatic ring trap for neutral atoms
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We propose a trap for confining cold neutral atoms in a microscopic ring using a magnetoelectrostatic potential. The trapping potential is derived from a combination of a repulsive magnetic field from a hard drive atom mirror and the attractive potential produced by a charged disk patterned on the hard drive surface. We calculate a trap frequency of f29.7,42.6,62.8g kHz and a depth of f16.1,21.8,21.8g MHz for [Cs, Rb, K], and discuss a simple loading scheme and a method for fabrication. This device provides a onedimensional potential in a ring geometry that may be of interest to the study of trapped quantum degenerate one-dimensional gases.
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We propose a novel trap for confining cold neutral atoms in a microscopic ring using a magnetoelectrostatic potential. The trapping potential is derived from a combination of a repulsive magnetic field from a hard drive atom mirror and the attractive potential produced by a charged disk patterned on the hard drive surface. We calculate a trap frequency of [29.7, 42.6, 62.8] kHz and a depth of [...
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